Launched in January 2020, the Cup of Excellence competition in Ethiopia was organized by the Alliance for Coffee Excellence and Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, with support from USAID through our Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity, and wide-ranging collaboration across the Ethiopian coffee industry. The competition aims to create a more viable specialty […]
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The Ethiopian government has adopted an approach to respond to water and drought problems affecting the lives of millions of people. One of the actions is a water-centered development strategy to reduce water and water related food problems to speed up the overall socio-economic development of the country. It gives special attention to water resources
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If there is a common language in our world, it’s music; For some, it’s life itself and nothing else makes sense without it. Teddy Flute was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1984 G.C. At a young age, his brother played a major role in introducing him to the music world; it didn’t
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Habtamu Kehali’s skills in operating a ventilator may, for increasing numbers of patients, mean the difference between life and death. As the country’s only respiratory therapist, Kehali is rushing to train others to run the machines used to keep severely ill COVID-19 patients breathing. The World Health Organisation says around 5% of COVID-19 infections are
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Popular Moyo’s Cafe with its pleasant Green décor on Mikey Leland Street was established in 2010 focusing on juices, smoothies and meals specifically to encourage healthy and clean eating when dining out. A year ago, due to increased demand from clients for weight loss oriented meal prep and diets, they decided to introduce a keto
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NERD (New Era Research and Development) Center is finding a way to make oxygen ventilators to help combat the COVID-19 situation in the country. NERD is a research center for university students, graduates and hobbyists to develop their concepts into prototypes. The center provides prototyping services for any hardware projects composed of mechanical engineering, electrical
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The world-renowned physician Dean Ornish, M.D., wrote, “I am not aware of any other factor in medicine that has a greater impact on our survival than the healing power of love and intimacy. Not diet, not smoking, not exercise, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery.” According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering
James Young, International Project Manager for CCF’s Cheetah Safe House, had a heart attack and passed away while en route to the hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland this week. James had been contracted to guide day to day operations of the CCF Safe House and Veterinary Clinic. He worked from Hargeisa; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and his
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Edited and translated by Chris Beckett and Alemu Tebeje, this is the very first anthology of Ethiopian poetry in English, packed with all the energy, wit and heartache of a beautiful country and language. From folk and religious poems, warrior boasts, praises of women and kings and modern plumbing; through a flowering of literary poets
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Calendar notes: as the Ramadan fasting ended in May, the Orthodox Senay Tsom starts on 8th June (running until 12th July). A few weeks later, in Lalibela on 19th June it is the Senay Mikael festival that combines with the anniversary of King Lalibela’s death 799 years ago. This is the 2nd biggest day in
